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my bees did the same thing 3 days after new Queen emerged. They swarmed 4 days in a row returning to the hive each time. That was a few weeks ago. Inspected today queen laying well hive very busy. I asked a few very experienced beeks about this when it was happening to me, non of which had an...

I got a 5 frame nuc 3 weeks ago. Fed 1:1 with vitafeed green, in rapid English feeder.With plenty of insulation on top. They took down over 8 litres in 2 weeks. The colony grew rapidly, now added QE & super as queen cups seen yesterday. I hope this may help a little.

Thanks for link, Ordered 3 packs. I do a bit of gardening work in my area for beer money so the seeds will be spread around the area, whether they like it or not. a bit of guerilla gardening called for.

Got my first bees on Sunday, ( overwintered nuc. ) From a member of this forum. They seem to be a very active colony, lots of pollen going in ( OSR 1 mile away, ) even flying in the light rain. My question is all the orientation flights seem to be on mass between 1:30 & 3:30 the first time I...

Hi DorsetB, Thanks for your reply to my thread. I,m very interested in the nuc. From what i've read Carniolans are a good calm bee to start with. The award winning espresso sounds good to, I hope you haven't over sold it. I look foward to hearing from you on the findings of the...

New to beekeeping, would like A local, calm National nuc to start me off. I'm on a 6 week coarse at the moment. Can anybody help?

I am new to beekeeping and would like to purchase one of your nuks. At present I,m on a 6 week course finishing early April. I look forward to hearing from you, I hope they are still available. Just realised this is 2011 thread, Are you producing nuc's this spring?